NASAs Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed a close flyby of asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson, located in the main ...

The Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 has been forced into protective "safe mode" while journeying through deep space.

With climate change, economic insecurity, and pandemics stressing the world's resources, why spend all this money on space ...

Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — that's an impact risk of around 1%. Experts urged caution, though noting that ...

This week has brought a mix of triumphs, tragedies, and intriguing developments from around the world.

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is six days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with ...

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid 2024 YR4 is one of them. When it was first detected, astronomers feared ...

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...

the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson. This upcoming event represents a comprehensive "dress rehearsal" for Lucy's main mission over the next decade: the exploration of multiple Trojan ...

Instead of looking for a girl with kaleidoscope eyes, a NASA spacecraft is about to approach space debris formed in the early ...

China will carry out intensive space missions, including Tianwen-2 for asteroid exploration, in 2025, an official of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday. The Tianwen-2 ...